check checkout check-out procedure | the act of inspecting or verifying, they made a check of their equipment, the pilot ran through the check-out procedure |
diagnostic procedure diagnostic technique | a procedure followed in making a medical diagnosis |
emergency procedure | (medicine) a procedure adopted to meet an emergency (especially a medical emergency) |
experimental procedure | the specific techniques used in conducting a particular experiment |
double-blind procedure double-blind experiment double-blind study | an experimental procedure in which neither the subjects of the experiment nor the persons administering the experiment know the critical aspects of the experiment, a double-blind procedure is used to guard against both experimenter bias and placebo effects |
vote ballot voting balloting | a choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative, there were only votes in favor of the motion, they allowed just one vote per person |
multiple voting | the act of voting in more than one place by the same person at the same election (illegal in U.S.) |
Gram's method Gram method Gram's procedure Gram's stain Gram stain | a staining technique used to classify bacteria, bacteria are stained with gentian violet and then treated with Gram's solution, after being decolorized with alcohol and treated with safranine and washed in water, those that retain the gentian violet are Gram-positive and those that do not retain it are Gram-negative |
operation procedure | a process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work, the operations in building a house, certain machine tool operations |
operation surgery surgical operation surgical procedure surgical process | a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments, performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body, they will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is available, he died while undergoing surgery |
desensitization technique desensitisation technique desensitization procedure desensitisation procedure systematic desensitization systematic desensitisation | a technique used in behavior therapy to treat phobias and other behavior problems involving anxiety, client is exposed to the threatening situation under relaxed conditions until the anxiety reaction is extinguished |
procedure | a mode of conducting legal and parliamentary proceedings |
procedure process | a particular course of action intended to achieve a result, the procedure of obtaining a driver's license, it was a process of trial and error |
medical procedure | a procedure employed by medical or dental practitioners |
dental procedure | a procedure employed by a dentist |
operating procedure | a procedure for operating something or for dealing with a given situation |
standing operating procedure standard operating procedure SOP standard procedure | a prescribed procedure to be followed routinely, rote memorization has been the educator's standard operating procedure for centuries |
bureaucratic procedure red tape | needlessly timeonsuming procedure |
voting booth | a booth in which a person can cast a private vote |
voting machine | a mechanical device for recording and counting votes mechanically |
voting right | the right to vote, especially the right of a common shareholder to vote in person or by proxy on the affairs of a company |
cloze procedure cloze test | a test for diagnosing reading ability, words are deleted from a prose passage and the reader is required to fill in the blanks |
voting system electoral system | a legal system for making democratic choices |
uninominal system uninominal voting system single-member system scrutin uninomial system scrutin uninominal voting system | based on the principle of having only one member (as of a legislature) selected from each electoral district |
statistical method statistical procedure | a method of analyzing or representing statistical data, a procedure for calculating a statistic |
routine subroutine subprogram procedure function | a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program |
cataloged procedure | a set of control statements that have been placed in a library and can be retrieved by name |
contingency procedure | an alternative to the normal procedure, triggered if an unusual but anticipated situation arises |
order rules of order parliamentary law parliamentary procedure | a body of rules followed by an assembly |
voting precinct election district | one of several districts into which a city or town is divided for voting, each contains one polling place |
voting trust | an agreement whereby persons owning stock with voting powers retain ownership while transferring the voting rights to the trustees |
voting stock | shares in a corporation that entitle the shareholder to voting and proxy rights |
voting age | the age at which a person is old enough to vote in public elections |